Forest Palms

 

Such a great card by Christy Gridley that I knew I had to try my hand at making something similar with the supplies I had. Thanks Christy for your inspiration.

I used the Softly Stippled Designer Series Paper (DSP) instead of making my own with watercolors.

I used 'Mossy Meadow' and Memento for the trees in the background.

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Stamp sets - Paradise Palms, Forever Forest

Ink - Memento, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Darling Duckling

Paper - Calypso Coral, Old Olive, Basic Black, Crushed Curry, Softly Stippled DSP

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Tasteful Labels dies, Forever Forest dies, Evergreen Forest Embossing Folder

Evergreen Christmas

 

One of the Christmas cards I designed this year. I wanted simple yet elegant and I think I succeeded. lol

I used the 'Forever Forest' stamp set with its coordinating dies. I used the 'Star of Light' stamp set for the sentiment. I used the 'Evergreen Forest' embossing folder for the background. The Designer Series Paper is from the 'Peaceful Prints' DSP.

I added a Wink of Stella' to the trees to make them shine.

I used Rectangle Stitched dies for most of the pieces (except for the mat of the Evergreen Forest background).

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Stamp set - Forever Forest, Star of Light

Ink - Garden Green 

Paper - Basic White, Garden Green, Peaceful Prints DSP

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Evergreen Forest 3D Embossing folder, Rectangle Stitched dies, Square Stitched dies (non-SU), Wink of Stella, dimensionals

Forest Greetings

 

January masculine birthday cards are troublesome for me. Gratefully, with the 'Forever Forest' stamp set I've been able to create great masculine cards for the men in my family. My nephew is now 18... an adult! Wow! How did that happen! Now we only have 5 (out of 20) nieces and nephews under 18!

I used the 'Evergreen Forest 3D' embossing folder on the background and die-cut the piece with the 'Rectangle Stitched' dies. 

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Stamp sets - Forever Forest, Go To Greetings

Ink - Mossy Meadow

Paper - Mossy Meadow, Basic White

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Forever Forest dies, Evergreen Forest 3D embossing Folder, Rectangle Stitched dies

Thanks to You!

 

I created some 'Thank You! cards for the gifts people gave to Mike and myself for Christmas! Each one is unique to the person who gave us the gift yet the layout is the same!

Here are the dimensions for the panel pieces on the cards:

4in. x 1 1/4in. - colored cardstock (in this case: Mossy Meadow, Basic White, Crushed Curry and Soft Sea Foam, Basic Black)

4in. x 1/2in. - colored cardstock (in this case: Mossy Meadow, Basic White, Crushed Curry and Soft Sea Foam, Basic Black)

4in. x 3/4in. - Designer Series Paper (in this case: Rings of Love, Peaceful Prints, Dainty Flowers, Wonderful World)

4 1/4in. x 3in. Basic White, Basic Black, or Crumb Cake

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Stamp sets - Artfully Layered, Happiness Abounds, Go To Greetings

Ink - Mossy Meadow, Memento, Starry Sky, Fresh Freesia

Paper - Mossy Meadow, Cherry Cobbler, Starry Sky, Bubble Bath, Basic White, Basic White, Crumb Cake, Rings of Love DSP, Peaceful Prints DSP, Dainty Flowers DSP, Wonderful World DSP)

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Stone Embossing Folder, Wintry 3D Embossing Folder, Layered Leaves Embossing Folder, Evergreen Forest Embossing Folder, Rectangle Stitched Dies

Magic Greetings

 

Such a cute and simple (and elegant) design from Penni Befir. I saw this on Splitcoaststampers and knew I had to create something similar with the stamps that I had. Thanks Penni for your lovely inspiration!

The snowflakes were added to the background using the 'Snowfall' dies.

The sentiment is from the 'Go To Greetings' stamp set.

The snowman and the snowflakes are all inked in Wink of Stella to make them sparkle.

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Stamp sets - Go To Greetings, Snowman Magic

Ink - Memento, Stampin Blends (Pumpkin Pie for the nose that isn't colored here. LOL!), Poppy Parade

Paper - Poppy Parade, Basic Black, Basic White

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Snowfall dies, Seasonal Labels dies, Snowman dies, Evergreen Forest Embossing Folder,Wink of Stella, dimensionals, glue dots

Forest Wildlife

 

My niece used to volunteer at a Wolf Sanctuary... she fell in love with the animals there. I wanted to incorporate this stamp from the 'Wildlife Wonder' set. I do have to say that the card seems more masculine to me instead of feminine, but I'm sure she won't mind!

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Stamp set - Wildlife Wonder

Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends (Soft Suede, Gray Granite, Crumb Cake)

Paper - Gray Granite, Basic Black, Basic White, Gray Granite DSP

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Rectangle Stitched dies, Evergreen Forest Embossing Folder, Black Twine

Evergreen

I received so many compliments and others have CASEd my 'Lovely As A Tree' cards... that I thought to do something similar with the 'Evergreen Elegance' stamp set and the 'Evergreen Forest' embossing folder. 

Check out the cards I made with the 'Lovely As A Tree' stamp set to get a feel for what inspired me to create these:

https://mydianedesigns.blogspot.com/2015/12/good-tree.html

https://mydianedesigns.blogspot.com/2014/09/lovely-greetings.html

I may try to make a Soft Suede one later on too.

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Stamp set - Evergreen Elegance

Ink - Evening Evergreen, Fresh Fig, Versamark

Paper - Evening Evergreen, Fresh Fig, Basic White

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine,  Heat Tool, White Emboss Powder, Evergreen Forest 3D Embossing Folder, Fresh Fig Ribbon, Evening Evergreen Ribbon

 

Ever Unto Us

 

Such a great card by Anne from 'Cards and Crafts by Anne'... which I found on Pinterest. With her inspiration, I made my own. I used Brushed Silver cardstock instead of Silver Foil... and used Gold Foil instead of Basic Black for my card. Such a slight difference, but makes a pretty card. I was going with the Silver/Gold theme.

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Stamp set - For Unto Us

Ink - Smoky Slate

Paper - Brushed Silver, Gold Foil, Basic White

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Evergreen Forest 3D Embossing Folder, Stitched Nested Labels dies, rhinestones

Waterfront Catch

 

The 'Waterfront' stamp set is very versatile and helps in making many masculine cards. I wish it wasn't retiring. I paired the stamp set with the 'Evergreen Forest' 3D Embossing Folder.

The trees are stamped using Mossy Meadow and Evening Evergreen. The lighter shade is Evening Evergreen too.... just stamped on a scrap piece of paper and then stamped on the actual paper.

I added Crystal Effects to make the trees shine.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Waterfront, Best Catch

Ink - Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow, Evening Evergreen

Paper - Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow

Accessories - Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Evergreen Forest 3D embossing folder, Crystal Effects, Early Espresso Stitched Ribbon, Crumb Cake Bakers Twine

 

Unto Us Christmas

 

This is my take on the card showcased in the Stampin' Up! Aug-Dec 2020 Mini Catalog on pg 35. 

As you can see I changed a few things along with adding Basic Black.

For the star in the sentiment, I colored the rhinestones with Bumblebee Stampin' Write marker to give it a more gold color.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Set - For Unto Us

Ink - Versamark, Bumblebee

Paper - Whisper White, Whisper White thick, Basic Black, Gold Foil

Accessories - Heat Tool, Gold Emboss Powder, Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine, Layering Ovals, Evergreen Forest 3D Embossing Folder, Basic Rhinestones